There is hereby established a Public Safety and Judiciary Committee
which shall consist of five members of the County Board selected by
the Nominating Committee and approved by the County Board as outlined
by Board rules for appointment. (Any person on the eligible list cannot
serve on the Committee.)[1]

Undersheriff; persons deputized solely to perform particular acts,
such as a special deputy not in the steady employ of the County appointed
solely to act as bailiff in court sessions; any special deputy sheriff
appointed to assist in the return from another state of a fugitive
from justice of Wisconsin pursuant to § 59.29(1), Wis. Stats.;
persons appointed as special deputy sheriffs in grave emergencies;
honorary deputy sheriffs; persons appointed pursuant to § 59.28,
Wis. Stats., who are persons called to the aid of the Sheriff to assist
in apprehending or securing any person for felony or breach of the
peace; and jail inmates employed pursuant to the provisions of § 303.08,
Wis. Stats.

All employees of Adams County currently in the Armed Forces of the
United States or who shall leave such employment to enter the Armed
Forces of the United States shall be entitled to reemployment in a
manner and under the conditions provided in § 321.64, Wis.
Stats.

The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee shall have the following
powers in addition to those general powers granted by the Adams County
Board. This Committee shall propose salary schedules for the ensuing
year on or before October 15 to be presented to the Personnel Committee
of the Adams County Board.

The Committee shall review and approve monthly expenditures of the
Sheriff's Office prior to being submitted to the Administrative and
Finance Committee for payment. All expenditures of more than $100,
except food and emergency vehicle maintenance, shall receive prior
approval from the Committee. The Chair may approve purchase requests
for normal operating supplies.[1]

The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee shall be the certification
authority for all permanent appointments. It shall determine the testing
documents required for each position and shall select candidates for
eligibility lists for each position.

Layoffs. Whenever a reduction of employees is required because of
a shortage of funds or work or a material change in duties or organization,
employees shall be laid off in the sole discretion of the appointing
authority and the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee. Personnel
subject to said layoff shall be placed on the reemployment eligibility
list, which shall stand for a period of two years from the date of
the employee's termination.

The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee may refuse to permit an
applicant to take the examination for any position upon evidence of
lack of entrance qualifications or false statements in the application.

All applicants competing in any examination shall be given written
notice of their final marks on the examination. Examination papers
may be open to public inspection only at such times and under such
conditions as the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee may prescribe.

Promotion defined. As used in this chapter, "promotion" shall be
an advancement in rank to a position of higher responsibility and
authority in an authorized classification (Sergeant or Sergeant/Investigator)
of the Sheriff's Office.

Upon notice of a vacancy or newly created position, the Public Safety
and Judiciary Committee shall evaluate the position requirements and
establish a selection process for developing an eligibility list of
candidates for the position. Consideration will be given to testing,
use of assessment centers, oral interviews, etc., which shall best
determine the qualifications of candidates for these positions.

The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee shall then process all
eligible candidates and establish an eligibility list for the rank.
The names of the top three candidates will then be given to the Sheriff
for consideration of appointment. The Sheriff may further screen the
applicants in selecting the individual for the position from the top
three candidates on the eligibility list. The Sheriff shall notify
the Committee of the name of the person selected and appointment date.
This individual shall then serve the probationary period as outlined
for this position. Any employee not fulfilling the demands of the
probation will be returned to his previously held position.

It is the specific intent of this chapter that employment in
the Sheriff's Office shall not be vested based upon occupancy of a
job but shall rest instead upon possession of qualifications necessary
for doing the required work and upon the quality of service rendered
after appointment.

No person shall be discriminated against with respect to selection,
compensation, or terms, conditions or other privileges of employment
because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical condition,
or age, except as required by the bona fide needs and requirements
of the position.

The oral interview shall be weighted at a maximum of 25% of the total
possible score. Each rater shall be allowed to score candidates from
zero to 25 points. The sum of the raters' scores shall be divided
by the number of raters to determine the interview score. The interview
score shall be added to 70% of the score obtained in Part 1 to determine
the candidate's final score.

Each candidate in order to be considered eligible for appointment
must successfully make it through each part of the screening process
set forth above. Failure to complete any part or contraindication
in any portion of the process shall disqualify the candidate from
further consideration or testing for at least six months and then
only after complete rescreening at the next recruitment.

The names of the candidates successfully completing all parts of
the screening process shall be placed on an eligibility roster for
the position applied for in rank order of the candidate's final score
as computed at the end of Part 3.

It shall be the responsibility of the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee to maintain an eligibility list for each position. An annual
date may be selected for developing a list for each position which
will stand for a one-year period. This list should be maintained and
be ready for use should an opening occur.

The candidate is not currently fit to perform the physical demands
of the position and it is reasonably expected that the current problem(s)
is (is not) correctable. (If correctable a period of _________ would
be required.)

The Sheriff shall notify the Chair of the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee in writing when a candidate's qualifications are inadequate
and request that the name of the candidate be removed from any roster
or list for any of the following:[1]

The Sheriff shall appoint the person highest on the reemployment
list who is willing to accept employment and is qualified. If there
is no list or persons on the list are not willing or qualified for
the position, the Sheriff shall appoint a person from the three names
of the qualified candidates highest on the eligibility roster.

Notice of appointments. Written notice of each appointment in the
Sheriff's Office giving the name of the person appointed and effective
date of appointment shall be submitted to the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee within five days after such appointment is made.

Every person who shall be appointed to a position in the Sheriff's
Office shall serve a probationary period of one year. Such probationary
period shall start from date of appointment for that specific position.
Any employee may be discharged during the probationary period by the
appointing authority without recourse to any hearing or appeal.

The appointing authority shall notify the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee in writing of any unsatisfactory performance which shall
provide grounds for dismissal of an employee during the probationary
period. Twenty days prior to the end of the probationary period, the
appointing authority shall notify the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee in writing of his decision to retain or dismiss the employee.
No salary shall be paid any employee after his one-year probationary
period who has not been certified in writing by the appointing authority.

It is the intention of the Adams County Board of Supervisors and
the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee to secure a fair and effective
means for dealing with employee discipline. A complaint may be filed
by the appointing authority, the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee,
or any citizen.

All complaints received shall be investigated; however, only those
complaints which are in writing and signed will be grounds for disciplinary
action. All complaints shall be presented to the Sheriff for further
investigation.

Complaints brought forward which name the Sheriff shall be turned
over to the District Attorney's office for investigation. The result
of the investigation shall be brought before the Public Safety and
Judiciary Committee for determination of proceeding with further disciplinary
action.

The Sheriff shall exercise the right to discipline individuals so
charged and invoke the full range of disciplinary action from a verbal
warning to dismissal. Individuals receiving such disciplinary action
may request a hearing on such charges before the Public Safety and
Judiciary Committee by filing a written request within 10 days of
notice of disciplinary action.

Any employee receiving a disciplinary penalty that suspends, demotes,
or removes the employee from office may appeal to the Public Safety
and Judiciary Committee by filing a written request for a hearing
within 10 days of receiving such disciplinary notice. The Public Safety
and Judiciary Committee, upon receiving such request, shall appoint
a time and place for a hearing which shall not be more than three
calendar weeks from the date of filing.

Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be served on the
employee appealing by registered mail or any other legal service at
least 10 days before the date of the hearing. Notice shall also be
given the appointing authority making the removal, suspension, reduction
or demotion.

At the termination of the hearing, the Committee shall determine
whether or not the charges were well founded and shall take such action
as is warranted under the circumstances. The Committee may find that
just cause does not exist for the action or that the penalty is too
harsh or not harsh enough for the violation. It may also find the
action of the department head was justified and that the penalty was
correct.

The Public Safety and Judiciary Committee shall show in its official
minutes the facts contained in the appeal, its findings of fact resulting
from the hearing thereof, and its decision concerning the disposition
of the appeal and shall transmit a duplicate of such entry to the
Adams County Board.

The employee may appeal the ruling of the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee to the Circuit Court by filing written notice with the Secretary
of the Committee within 10 days after the order of the Committee.
Within five days of receiving said written request the Secretary of
the Committee shall certify to the Clerk of the Circuit Court the
records of the proceedings, including all documents, testimony and
minutes. The matter then shall be at issue within the Circuit Court
and placed on the Court calendar.

Whenever in the judgment of the Adams County Board it becomes
necessary in the interest of economy or because the necessity of the
positions involved no longer exists, the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee and the department head shall review the circumstances surrounding
such request and may abolish any position or employment in Sheriff's
Office. Any employee terminated under such circumstances shall be
placed on the reemployment list for said position. Employees dropped
from the payroll for economic reasons shall be terminated in inverse
order of employment. Under no circumstance shall the number of Deputy
Sheriffs in full County employment be less than that required by § 59.26(1)(a)
and (b), Wis. Stats.

No person in the Sheriff's Office or any person seeking admission
thereto shall be appointed, reduced in pay, removed, or demoted or
in any way favored or discriminated against because of political or
religious opinions and affiliations or labor union activities or because
of his or her sex or race.

All employees under this chapter are subject to call before
any committee of the Adams County Board of Supervisors or the Board
itself to give information as to their work and functions under their
control in their department as to work, finances, and budgetary information.

Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held at least once
a month at such times as designated by the Chair. Special meetings
may be called by the Chair or by any member of the Public Safety and
Judiciary Committee.